IL-37 suppresses the sustained hepatic IFN-γ/TNF-α production and T cell-dependent liver injury

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T cell-dependent liver injury is an important reason for the massive hepatic damage and cirrhosis. So far it is unclear whether the development of the disease could be efficiently suppressed by anti-inflammatory cytokine that modulates innate immune cells. Here we report that anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-37 could efficiently suppress the sustained hepatic expression of IFN-γ and TNF-α, two critical cytokines for inducing hepatocyte apoptosis and liver fibrosis in T cell-dependent liver injury. IL-37 could directly suppress IFN-γ/TLR4 ligand-induced M1 activation of macrophages, thus reducing the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines TNF-α, IL-1β, and IL-12. Moreover, IL-37 attenuated Th1 response in vivo and increased the expression of Th2 cytokines IL-4 and IL-13, which in turn promoted M2 activation of macrophages in the liver. The increase of M2 activation not only further reduced TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-12 expression, but also increased IL-10 and IL-1Ra expression in macrophages, thus more efficiently suppressing the hepatic IFN-γ expression. By suppressing IFN-γ/TNF-α expression, IL-37 suppressed the up-regulation and activation of MLKL that drives hepatocellular necrosis in T cell-dependent liver damage. Accordingly, IL-37 efficiently reduced liver injury and hepatic inflammation after the repeated ConA challenge and the induction of autoimmune hepatitis, and also suppressed hepatic fibrosis resulting from the sustained liver damage. This study showed that the direct and indirect effect of IL-37 on macrophages could reduce the hepatic TNF-α expression, and also modulate IL-1β/IL-12 and IL-10/IL-1Ra expression to suppress the hepatic IFN-γ expression, thus suppressing the development of T cell-dependent liver injury such as autoimmune hepatitis.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:69

Enthalten in:

International immunopharmacology - 69(2019) vom: 01. Apr., Seite 184-193

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Feng, Xin-Xia [VerfasserIn]
Chi, Gang [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Han [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Ru, Ying-Xia [VerfasserIn]
Luo, Zhen-Long [VerfasserIn]
Yan, Wei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Pei-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Mei [VerfasserIn]
Feng, Zuo-Hua [VerfasserIn]
Tian, De-An [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

11028-71-0
82115-62-6
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Concanavalin A
Cytokine expression
Cytokines
Hepatic fibrosis
IL-37
IL37 protein, human
Interferon-gamma
Interleukin-1
Journal Article
Macrophages
Receptors, Interleukin-10
T cell-dependent liver injury
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Date Completed 05.07.2019

Date Revised 04.12.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.intimp.2019.01.037

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM293618771